Cross Country Flying by Burkhard Martens

The very latest in cross country flying techniques from Burkhard Martens, author of the international best-seller Thermal Flying.

Cross Country Flying includes chapters and information on:

Pre-flight planning, route-planning and how to use technology to maximise your flight

Online contest rules and tactics

Cross country for novices

Weather, thermalling and understanding best glide

Understanding best glide and McReady

Need to know essentials: best time to launch, inversions, convergence, crossing valleys, dolphin-flying, tactics, valley winds and more

How to fly the mountains

A special chapter on flatland flying

In-depth interviews with experts, including Chrigel Maurer, Jocky Sanderson, Ewa Wisnierska and more

Cross Country Flying also includes detailed information on how to fly some of the best XC sites in the Alps, including:

Fiesch and the Wallis Valley

Fanas in Switzerland

Pinzgau in Austria

Speikboden in Italy

Greifenburg in Austria

Annecy in France

A third section includes in-depth interviews with some of the world's most experienced pilots

Chrigel Maurer

Jocky Sanderson

Torsten Hahne

Mads Syndergaard

Karel Vejchodsky

Helmut Eichholzer

Ewa Wisnierska

A fourth section includes photo essays on these international flying sites

Quixada, Brazil

Manilla, Australia

Iquique, Chile

De Aar, South Africa

Rift Valley, Kenya

Piedrahita, Spain

The book is hardback, has more than 500 illustrations and is 242 pages long.

Cross Country Flying is aimed at pilots who can already thermal and want to progress on to flying XC, as well as those pilots who already fly XC but want to know more and get better. It features a wealth of information, all of which is aimed at making you a better, more informed pilot, capable of flying further and longer than ever before.

Illustrated throughout with full-page photographs and easy-to-understand simple diagrams, the book is an ideal companion to Thermal Flying, and is a must-have for any pilot serious about learning to fly XC and go far.

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